Monihan, an Akron resident at the time, was 23 when he took Harbaugh’s gun and shot the officer three times during an arrest outside Skipco Auto Auction. Monihan had been wanted on warrants, including one for passing bad checks.

“Fortunately, officer Harbaugh’s life was miraculous[ly] saved by him wearing his bullet proof vest,” Swartz wrote. “With one bullet still lodged near his lung, and a brand new titanium arm, officer Harbaugh recovered from his injuries and still patrols your neighborhood today.”

Monihan was convicted of felonious assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and of aggravated robbery for taking Harbaugh’s gun. He was sentenced to first serve three years in prison for using the gun, then to complete two concurrent sentences of 10 to 25 years.